Product

• Kodak^® Lotem^® 800 II platesetters with type II mainframe
• Lotem 800 II platesetter with Type I mainframe running Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000

Background

The original Lotem 800 II platesetter CPU can no longer be purchased. Therefore a replacement CPU kit had to be created. This procedure describes how to install the replacement CPU kit (514-00254A).

Requirements

CPU kit 514-00254A

Procedure

Prerequisites

1. Expose a customer’s reference plate.
2. Use the Lotem backup and restore utility to save the platesetter registry section and database.
3. Write down the TCP/IP number.
4. Open the platesetter’s right side door.
5. Quit the Lotem Controller software and the Service Shell client.
6. Shut down the platesetter from the main power supply.

Replacing the boards, cables, and COM

1. To gain access to the E-box, remove the screws securing it to the mainframe and slightly rotate the E-box.
2. Disconnect all the cables connected to the E-box, and then disconnect the following boards and adapters from the E-box:
   • CPU
   • Communications card
   • HASP dongle adapter
   • COM adapter
   • USB adapter

   Important: Return all boards to stock.
   

   

3. Carefully extract the hard disk tray.
4. Replace the existing CD-ROM with the DVD-RW supplied in this kit, and then slide back the hard disk tray.
5. Connect the USB adapter, COM adapter, and HASP adapter (all of which are provided in this kit) to the CPU:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Prepare the RS422 board (609-00523).
   
   
   
   
7. Install the boards and adapters as depicted below:
   
   
   
   
8. Connect the E-box cables according the type of mainframe shown below:
   
   
   
   The COM adapter has four connections, labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4:
   
   
   
   
   
   

Installing the software

1. Insert the BIOS diskette (651-00662A) into the diskette drive and start the platesetter.
2. In the DOS window, type 1.bat and press enter on your keyboard. The default BIOS setting uploads automatically.
   Note: When the A:/ prompt appears on the monitor remove the BIOS diskette from the diskette drive.
3. Insert the Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000 image DVD - version 2.01 (651-00940A) into the DVD drive.
4. Restart the platesetter by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del
   1. Make sure the choice is set to 1, and press enter. The image is automatically loaded.
   2. When the DVD has successfully loaded, remove it from the DVD drive.
5. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del on your keyboard to restart the platesetter system. Wait a few moments for Windows 2000 to load. According to the devices detected, Windows 2000 may have to perform an additional auto-restart.
6. Reset the TCP/IP address by doing the following:
   • From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.
   • Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.
   • Double-click Local Area Connections.
   • Click Properties.
   • Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
     Or
     Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties button.
   • Click Use the following IP address and enter the desired
     TCP/IP address.
   • Click OK, and then click OK again to exit the dialog box.
7. Restore the registry and database backed up in the prerequisites section.
8. Install the Lotem 800 II controller software version 3.82.12.
9. Start the Lotem Controller software.

Test

Re-expose the reference plate and compare the results to the reference plate exposed in the prerequisite section. Compare the quality between the plates and make sure the image quality, image position and image geometric are all unchanged.

Technical contact

Content owner: Meir Dana
See the Escalation page for escalation contacts.

Date submitted

18 Apr 2008